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TRiSS News and Events

Cross campus International Women's Day event featuring Sene Naoupu.
The three Trinity College Faculties and Trinity Research in Social Sciences have put together a a half-day online symposium with multiple events that you can dip-in-and-out of. The theme of the event is The Visibility of Role Models. Register here.

Congratulations to Prof Timonen and Dr Lolich whose article is one of Emotions and Society's top five most read articles published in 2020.
An article by Luciana Lolich and Virpi Timonen titled 'Fortunate and fearful: emotions evoked by home-care policies for older people in Ireland' was one of the most downloaded articles published in Emotions and Society in 2020.

Covid-19 Law and Human Rights Observatory public policy report.
The Covid-19 Law and Human Rights Observatory have published their first public policy report. Click here for more information.

The TRiSS Researcher Directory is now live.
The TRiSS Researcher Directory is a user friendly guide to the most recent research being conducted within the Social Sciences at Trinity College.

Amy Stapleton Accepted as New Member to the Pool of European Youth Researchers
The Pool of European Youth Researchers – or PEYR in short – is a unique initiative on the European level and it represents a contribution of both the Council of Europe and the European Commission to evidence based policy-making in the field of youth.

Postgraduate Research Conference 2021 - Save the Date: May 8th 2021
Hosted by the School of Education,this conference will reflect on times of change for research, researchers, and researching during and hopefully Post Covid-19.

In Conversation With...Eleanor Drago-Severson | Educational Policy and Leadership Experts
On January 21st, Dr Gavin Murphy will be in conversation with Eleanor Drago-Severson. Eleanor Drago-Severson is Professor of Education Leadership and Adult Learning and Leadership, and director of the PhD Program in Educational Leadership, at Teachers College, Columbia University.

Trinity Business School - Postgraduate Virtual Open Day
On January 14th meet with faculty, admissions and careers specialists to learn more about the masters programmes for 2021.

Find recordings of past talks on our channel
TRiSS has a library of our past talks available online. Please subscribe to our YouTube channel to get the latest videos.

Oireachtas Joint Committee on Disability Matters
The Joint Committee on Disability Matters invited Ms Marie Devitt, Pathways Coordinator of The Trinity Centre for People with Intellectual Disabilities as a representative from TCPID to a meeting of the Committee to celebrate the UN International Day of Persons with Disabilities.

Trends and Directions in Criminal Justice: Learning from the Past, Creating the Future
TRiSS was delighted to host this online webinar featuring Professor Vivian Geiran and Professor Nicola Carr.